The future tense in French is formed in French in the following way:

Take the stem of the verb, as follows:

-ER Verbs: the infinitive, i.e. jouer = jouer
-IR Verbs: the infinitive, i.e. finir = finir
-RE verbs: the infinitive minus the "e", i.e. attendre = attendr



Now add the endings below:


je ....................... ai
tu ....................... as
il ....................... a
nous ................. ons
vous ................. ez
ils ...................... ont



EXCEPTIONS:


There are a number of verbs which have irregular stems. The most common are given below:

acheter
achèter
avoir
aur
être
ser
aller
ir
faire
fer
courir
courr
devoir
devr
envoyer
enverr
se lever
se lèver
pouvoir
pourr
recevoir
recevr
savoir
saur
venir
viendr
voir
verr
vouloir
voudr